Tim Martin is the most influential person in the pub industry

08-Jun-2011 - Last updated on 27-Aug-2011 at 09:34 GMT

Martin: top of the charts

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, has retained his position as the most influential person in the pub trade. Martin's company has continued to...

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, has retained his position as the most influential person in the pub trade.

Martin's company has continued to grow and its success, coupled with his standing as the industry's premier spokesman and most recognisable figure, has kept him ahead of his peers in the Publican's Morning Advertiser's Top 50 Most Influential People in the Pub Industry List.

Wetherspoon opened its 800th pub this year and hopes to double the size of its estate going forward.

Sales have remained strong, proving that Wetherspoon's competitive pricing policies and unbeatable food deals and offers are as relevant today as ever.

Martin has regularly challenged the Government over excessive red tape and taxation policies, and is a firm believer that policy and its implementation is firmly anti-pub.

He has been particularly critical of test-purchasing with its enforced regime of excessive ID-checking.

He was also the first UK member of Jacque Borel's VAT Club, which aims to convince Government of the benefits of reducing VAT in the hospitality sector.

Wetherspoon opened 47 pubs last year and 50-plus are expected to follow this year.

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The full Publican Morning Advertiser Most Influential People in the Pub Industry List 2011 is as follows:

1. Tim Martin, Chairman, JD Wetherspoon (1)

2. Neil Robertson, Chief executive, BII (2)

3. David Cameron (Prime Minister)(3); George Osborne (Chancellor of the Exchequer)(3); James Brokenshire (Home Office Minister)(new entry)

4. Ted Tuppen, Chief executive, Enterprise Inns (4)

5. Ian Dyson, Chief executive, Punch Taverns (new entry)

6. Simon Burke, Chairman, Mitchells & Butlers (New Entry); Joe Lewis, major M&B shareholder (New Entry)

7. Roger Whiteside, Managing director, Punch leased division

8. Rooney Anand, Chief executive, Greene King (8); Ralph Findlay, Chief executive, Marston's (7)

9. Adrian Bailey, Chairman, Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC) (New entry); Vince Cable, Business Secretary (New Entry); Mark Prisk, Business & Enterprise Minister (New Entry)

10. John Hutson, Chief executive, JD Wetherspoon (9)

11. Alistair Darby, Managing director, Marston's Pub Company (13)

12. Nick Bish, Chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) (12), Kate Nicholls, Strategic affairs director, ALMR (12)

13. Mike Benner, Chief executive, Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) (15)

14. Brigid Simmonds, Chief executive, British Beer & Pub Association (14)

15. Simon Townsend. Chief operating officer, Enterprise Inns (17)

16. Phil Dixon, Trade consultant (31)

17. Karl Harrison, Fair Pint campaigner

18. Jon Collins, Chief executive, CGA Strategy (16)

19. John Longden,Chief executive, Pub is the Hub (18)

20. Derek Andrew, Managing director, Marston's Inns & Taverns (20); Jonathan Webster, Managing director, Greene King Destination Pubs (20)

21. Mark Hunter, Chief executive, Molson Coors (30); Stuart McFarlane, President, A-B InBev UK (30); Stefan Orlowski, MD, Heineken UK (26); Dr Isaac Sheps, Chief executive, Carlsberg UK (30); Paul Walsh, Chief executive, Diageo (New Entry)

22. Jonathan Neame, Chief executive, Shepherd Neame (19); Paul Wells, Chairman, Wells & Young's (22)

23. Simon Emeny, Managing director, Fuller's (new entry); Stephen Goodyear, Chief executive, Young's (23)

24. Rufus Hall, Chief executive, Orchid (39); Ian Payne, Chairman, Stonegate (27)

25. Keith Bott, Chairman, SIBA (25); Julian Grocock, Chief executive, Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) (25)

26. Iain Holden, Managing director, Sky Business (29)

27.Greg Mulholland, Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Save The Pub Group (New Entry)

28. Andrew Griffiths, Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (New Entry); Robert Humphreys, Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (28)

29. The Analysts (32): Mark Brumby, Langton Capital; Geof Collyer, Deutsche Bank; Simon French, Panmure Gordon; Paul Hickman, KBC Peel Hunt; Douglas Jack, Numis Securities; Jamie Rollo Morgan Stanley (New Entry)

30. Kevin Georgel, Managing director, Admiral Taverns (New Entry); Jonathan Paveley, Executive chairman, Admiral Taverns (34)

31. Stephen Gould, Chief executive, Everads (41)

32. Peter Hansen, Partner, Sapient Corporate Finance (35)

33. Steve Richards, Chief executive, Novus Leisure (New Entry)

34, Multiple operators (38): Including Lee Cash, Sarah Dinning, Jo Drain, Ian Fozard, Chris Gerard, Steve Haslam, Keith Knowles, Ed & Tom Martin, Alex Reilley, Lee Roberts, Brian Whiting

35. Mark McQuater, Chief executive, Barracuda Group (39), Toby Smith, Chief executive, Town & City Pub Company (New Entry)

36. Patrick Dempsey, Managing director, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants (New Entry)

37. Pete Brown (New Entry); Peter Coulson (31); Roger Protz (31)

38. Billy Buchanan, Chief executive, London Town Pub Management (New Entry); Ted Kennedy, Chief executive, GRS Inns, Pubfolio, Goldtry.Owner: Pebble Hotels (46)

39. David Chubb, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (New Entry); Paul Hemming, Partner, Zolfo Cooper (New Entry); David Thurgood, Director, Grant Thornton (New Entry)

40. Ann Elliott, Managing director, Elliott Marketing & PR (43)

41. Neil Morgan, Director of public houses, Christie & Co (42)

42. Barry Gillham, Chairman, Fleurets (42)

43. Stuart Bateman, Managing director, George Bateman (41); Chris Hopkins, Managing director, Hydes Brewery (44); Richard Kershaw, Chief executive, Joseph Holt (44); William Lees-Jones, Managing director, JW Lees (44); Oliver Robinson, Director, Frederic Robinson (44); James Staughton, Managing director, St Austell (New Entry); Scott Waddington, Chief executive, SA Brain (New Entry); Mark Woodhouse & Anthony Woodhouse, Chairman & Managing director, Hall & Woodhouse (New Entry)

44. David Rusholme, Director of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Valuation Professional Group (New Entry)

45. Paul Linthwaite, Business unit director, on premise, Britvic (New Entry); David McNulty, Trading director, on-premise, Coca-Cola Enterprsies (New Entry)

46. Jonathan Adnam, Chairman, Adnams (48)

47. Jim Dickson, Chief executive, Brulines (46)

48. Karen Murphy, Licensee and foreign satellite TV campaigner (New Entry)

49. Steve Baker, Chairman, National Pubwatch (50); Paul Nunny, Executive director, Cask Marque (33); Martin Caffrey, Operations director, Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (New Entry)

50. Jacques Borel, French campaigner and hospitality entrepreneur (New Entry)

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